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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Apart from Lowe's plaguy tactics. Napoleon's own skeleton court was a prickly lot. Three officers and a secretary-Marshal Bertrand, Count de Montholon, General Gourgaud, Count Las Cases-had accompanied him into exile out of mixed motives of avarice, reflected glory and-last and least-devotion. It was believed that Napoleon had 6,000,000 francs in Europe (he actually had half of that). Bertrand was perhaps the least self-seeking, but he lost status when Mme. Bertrand refused to become Napoleon's mistress. With or without the hint, Mme. de Montholon was a wily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Soldier's Last Home | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

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